{"id":780,"date":"2011-04-18T00:13:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T05:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2011-04-08T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2011-04-09T02:53:32","slug":"blackberry-stuck-in-enterprise-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourLinuxGuy.com\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"Blackberry stuck in Enterprise Mode…"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a good while now, my Blackberry had been stuck with elements of an “Enterprise” configuration on it.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because I accidentally connected my Blackberry to a Windows PC that had Blackberry Desktop software configured in Enterprise mode.\u00a0 And next thing you know, there’s Enterprise stuff and an “IT policy” from a Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES) server on my BB that I didn’t want.\u00a0 Ugh…<\/p>\n

I finally got around to looking up the correct method of eliminating the IT Policy, and effectively removing the Enterprise configuration from the BB.\u00a0 Mind you, if you research this a bit like I did, you’ll find lots of people recommending these things:<\/p>\n

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  1. Remove and restore “Service Books”; which pretty much just serves to annoy you<\/li>\n
  2. Do a manual OS upgrade; where you download the binary, install it into your BB Desktop software, and then force it over to your BB device<\/li>\n
  3. If you have a BES lying around, configure a blank IT Policy<\/li>\n
  4. Back up the BB, wipe the thing, and do a full restore<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I tried the first, second, and third method I list above (I didn’t want to deal with spinning up a BES server just for this).\u00a0 In the end, it was the full wipe with backup\/restore that finally removed the policy, and it went *very* well.\u00a0 It’s scary in theory, but in practice it’s just a few clicks and a mild inconvenience, relative to the pain of having that stuck Enterprise nonsense.\u00a0 Why can’t Blackberry just have a “Disable” switch for invalid Enterprise settings?\u00a0 Hmph.<\/p>\n

    Anyway, I just wanted to document it here for me to easily reference later.\u00a0 This is based on the Blackberry Knowledge base doc KB14202<\/a>, by the way.\u00a0 So here we go…\u00a0 If you don’t know what you’re doing here, don’t do it!<\/p>\n